{"product_id":"old-city-map-of-mumbai-by-bartholomew-1893-back-bay-bombay-harbour-churchgate-govt-dockyard-univ-clock-tower","title":"Old City Map of Mumbai by Bartholomew, 1893: Back Bay, Bombay Harbour, Churchgate, Govt Dockyard, Univ. Clock Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003eBombay. Plate 40., published in 1893 as part of Constable’s Hand Atlas of India, presents a richly detailed color plan of a city in motion between sea and statute. Bookended by Back Bay and Bombay Harbour, the plate captures Bombay’s distinctive littoral geometry while integrating the urban fabric—blocks, streets, parks, post offices, police stations, and named landmarks—into a lucid civic portrait. Church Gate anchors the western esplanade, balanced by the eastern Government Dockyard and a prominently labeled Clock Tower in the University quarter. As a city map it is notable for marrying topography and governance: waterways and canals are traced with the same care as avenues and maidans, giving a near-synoptic view of how commerce, administration, and everyday life cohered in the late nineteenth-century metropolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe waterfronts are the map’s dramatic proscenium. Along Back Bay, Marine Drive and Back Bay Road string together promenades and residential quarters, while Arthur Bunder Road draws the eye south toward Colaba’s maritime edge. Across the city’s belly, the cartography of Bombay Harbour foregrounds quays, timber basins, and the Government Dockyard—gateways that explain the city’s rise as an imperial entrepôt. Rivers and canals are not afterthoughts but arterial, showing drainage cuts and navigation channels that knit inland neighborhoods to the port. With post offices and police stations carefully sited near piers and causeways, the map reveals how communication, security, and shipping infrastructure overlapped to regulate movement of people, letters, and cargo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the island, vigorous thoroughfares articulate the social landscape. Churchgate Street and Princess Street organize the Fort and bazaar districts, while Mohammed Ali Road threads the mercantile spine northward. Grant Road and Tardeo Road splay toward Parel Street and the mill belt, and Girgaum Road curls to the seaside commons. Pedder Road and Hughes Road climb the Malabar Hill flank; Wellington Road and Worli Sea Face delineate the coast’s arc; Mazgaon Road and Ghatkopar Road reach to the dockyards and mainland corridors. Parks and maidans—signaled near Church Gate and along Victoria Gardens Road—punctuate the density with oases of air and parade ground. The inclusion of rivers and canals, alongside roads like N M Joshi Marg and L B S Road, makes the plan unusually attentive to Bombay’s hydrology and its emerging industrial grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCivic order is mapped with unusual precision. The array of police stations charts the colonial state’s footprint street by street, while a tidy constellation of post offices indexes the city’s circulation of information and finance. Important buildings—courts, colleges, hospitals, and the renowned Clock Tower by the University—cluster where power and pedagogy intertwine, and the Government Dockyard proclaims the naval-fiscal armature of the harbor. As an urban plan, the plate excels at layering themes: administrative boundaries, transit corridors, green spaces, and watercourses are harmonized through color and symbol. The result is not only navigational but diagnostic, exposing the logic of late-Victorian planning from Dhobi Talao Road to Parel and from Back Bay to the anchorage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hand behind this synthesis is J. G. (John George) Bartholomew of The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, with copyright by John Bartholomew \u0026amp; Co.—a cartographer celebrated for elevating clarity and color to instruments of analysis. In Constable’s Hand Atlas of India, a sixty-map suite with meticulous indexing, Bartholomew fused administrative and thematic intelligence for scholars, traders, and civil servants alike. Plate 40 stands out within that corpus for its metropolitan completeness: shipping and shorelines, mills and maidans, bazaars and boulevards, all legible at a glance yet generous in detail. As a historical depiction of Bombay during a pivotal decade, it remains a touchstone for understanding how the city’s neighborhoods, institutions, and maritime economy were braided into one coherent, modernizing system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStreets and roads on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbysmal Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArthur Bunder Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack Bay Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChurchgate Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDhobi Talao Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eE Avenue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhatkopar Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGirgaum Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrant Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eH Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHughes Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eL B S Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMazgaon Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarine Drive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMohammed Ali Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eN S Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eN M Joshi Marg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP D Highway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParel Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePedder Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrarthana Samaj Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrincess Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePritam Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eT B Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTardeo Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria Gardens Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eW H Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWellington Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorli Sea Face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eY B Chavan Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack Bay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBombay Harbour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChurch Gate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClock Tower\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernment Dockyard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImportant buildings and landmarks (various)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParks and recreational areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolice stations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost offices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRivers and canals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreated in 1893 as Bombay. Plate 40.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartographer: J. G. (John George) Bartholomew; published by The Edinburgh Geographical Institute; copyright John Bartholomew \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart of \"Constable's Hand Atlas of India\" (60 maps with table of contents, index, and advertisements).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull-color plan combining administrative, thematic, and regional representation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrates the city’s blocks, thoroughfares, green spaces, civic institutions, waterways, and key buildings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBound in red cloth boards with a quarter maroon goatskin spine; gilt crown and embossed gold title.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical significance: portrays late-19th-century Bombay’s urban planning and geography during a period of significant change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes emphasize administrative and urban planning, showcasing city layout and civic infrastructure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. 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My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718117466496,"sku":"UM00270084A","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718117499264,"sku":"UM00270085A","price":111.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":57718117532032,"sku":"UM00270086A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":57718117564800,"sku":"UM00270087A","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":57718117597568,"sku":"UM00270088A","price":111.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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